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Chickadee Adventure Camp:
Exploring Our Bioregion 10:00 - 3:00. June 17 - 20. Ages 7 to 17. $295 - $550 sliding scale* Near Ashland. Four locations. Create memories this week and join us to learn about these incredible local ecosystems. Expand your senses, play nature awareness games, complete a craft, and experience your home in the mountains. We will visit four locations within less than an hour drive from Ashland. Our group will explore each area, learning animal tracks, trees, plants, perhaps finding wild strawberries, making something useful with our hands, listening for bird language, we may even build a shelter. Since we are visiting four locations, we will carpool and shuttle to/from our location each day. Parents are invited to join for free. We will be visiting NEW locations this year (if you came last year and are wondering!). |
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Wilderness Survival Skills and Earth Living Summer Camp
10:00 - 3:00. June 10 - 13. Ages: 7 to 17. $295 - $550 sliding scale* Location: 15 Minutes East of Ashland This is a hands-on camp for anyone interested in practicing Wilderness Survival Skills. Explore the Six Survival Priorities. Build your survival kit by completing a project for shelter, water, fire, and food. Scenarios will challenge the group to put their knowledge to the test. This is learning by doing at its best. A knife safety lesson will be held on the first day before we begin making the projects for our surival kit. Space is limited. |
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Archery 101
Saturday-Sunday 10:00 - 3:00. June 7-8. Enrollment Open. $75 - $375 sliding scale* Near Ashland. For Adults and Kids 7 and up. Beginners will Learn - The Five Fundamental Techniques - How to hold the bow and arrow - The "Big Three" for accurate shooting, - How to safely practice together with others. - How to create an effective practice routine - How to make your own free/affordable targets *Optional: we will help you order a complete bow and arrow set up for under $150. With enough notice, we can make sure you have your new set up at this workshop so you can get to know it with guidance. Experienced Archers will learn - How to reinforce the "Big Three" - How to bareshaft tune arrows - Arrow repair - Follow up activities - How to form "good" habits - Recommended resources Everyone will learn by doing. We will join in games, activities, crafts and tournaments to enhance our archery skills and knowledge. |
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Knife Making
A Blacksmithing Summer Workshop for Young Smiths and Adults June 21-22 9:00 - 1:00. Kids ages 10 and up. Adults. Cost: $225 - $550 sliding scale* Would you like to make a knife? Join this two-day workshop and transform a piece of high carbon steel into your own hand-forged knife. Workshop will Cover: Safety Basic Forging Techniques Tool Use Types of Steel Heat-treating and Tempering High Carbon Steel *This is a hands-on workshop. Come prepared to work on your project both days. What to Bring: Lunch, Water, Safety Glasses, Ear Plugs, Leather Gloves, and plenty of patience + enthusiasm! Location: Hummingbird Forge, 20 minutes east of Ashland (where it's cooler in the mountains!). |
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Chickadee Camp: Nature Awareness and Ancestral Skills
10:00 - 3:00. July 15-18. Ages: 6 and up. $295 - $550 sliding scale* Location: 15 Minutes East of Ashland. Adventure with us and deepen your connection to nature. Learn ancient skills such as animal tracking, wilderness survival and more. Games, stories, ancestral skills/crafts and exploring the land will weave together as we learn to blend into the landscape and open our senses. This is an opportunity to unplug, learn to make things with our own hands, and sync to nature’s rhythm. This program is based on holistic mentoring. We teach a broad curriculum of local species, wilderness skills, and sensory awareness through learning experiences that also awaken attributes such as aliveness, curiosity, agility, self-sufficiency, common sense, and helpfulness through connection with the natural world. Knowing all your needs are provided for in nature, you may begin to feel more at home in the wilderness. |
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